Wire fastener for fence posts



` .SPf-v '19307 P. M. cHis-rENsEN 1,726,887

, Nuns FASTENER fn Femm eos'rs l Filed Jan- 9;;1930' yl@ A Inventor f www@ csi ity and advantages of a Wire fastener' of this character Will be had by those skilled in the art Without a more detailed description.

Even though I have herein shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that the saine is susceptible to changes, eomprel'iended by the spirit ofthe invention as herein described, and the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I Wish to claim as new is: Y

l. A Wire fastener for use with a fence post having a Wire receiving notch formed therein, said fastened formed from a single strand of Wire having an intern'ledi'ate portionthereof extending through an opening in the post above said notch, one end portion of said Wire being bent at substantially right angles to the intermediate portion of said Wire :tor disposition across said notch, on one side of the fence post, and at its opposite end being` bent at right angles to said interinediate -portion to provide a fence Wire retaining part adapted to extend across said notch on the opposite sides of said fence post, said intermediate portion of the Wire providing a pivot for the `fastening device.

2, In a fastening fdeviceof the class described, and in combination, a fencepost having an obliquely disposed fence Wire reeei ving notch formed therein, airetaining member for retaining thevwire in said notch, said retainingimember being formed of a single strand of material havingan intermediate portion thereof extending through an opening formed in said fence post above the open end of said notch, and said Wire at one side of said fence post having said intermediate portion merging into substantially U-shape portion one of which is adapted to extend across said notch When said fastener is in Wire retaining position, said material having` said intermedate portion at the other side of said, fence post merging into a right angularly disposed arcuate portion for disposition across the open end of said notch, said arcuate portion in turn merging into an upwardly and rearwardly inclined extended end portion adapted to engage said fence postfor limitingl the swinging movement of said .fastening device when the latter is in a Wire retaining positi en.

3. In a fastening device of the class dw scribed, andin combination, a fencepost4 ha ing an obliquely disposed fence Wire receiving` notch formed therein, a retaining member for retaining the Wire in said notch, said retaining member being formed of a single strand of materialhaving au intermediate portion thereof` extending through an opening formed in saidfence post above the open end of said notch, and said Wire at one-side of said fence post having saidA intermediate portion merging into a substantially Ushaped' portion one leg of which is adapted to extend across said notch Whensaid fastener isdn wire retaining position, said material having said intermediate portion at the other side of said fence post merging into a right angular-ly disposed arcuate portion for disposition across the open end of Said notch, said arenate portion in turn merging into an upwardly and rearwardly inclined extended end portion adapted to engage said fence post tor limiting the swinging movement of said fastening device When the latter is in a vfire retaining position, and said upwardly and rear- Wardly inclined portion of said Wire being bent upon itself and terminating in a downwardly and forwardly'inclined oiiset portion to provide a handle for said fastener.

ln testimony whereof I afilix my signature.

y PETER- M. CHRLTENSEN. 

